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Sustainability

Recycle, Reuse, Rethink.

formcollection stands for the development and research of 3D-printed sustainable furniture. We have always consciously invested a lot of energy in production innovations. Our research and development focuses on the properties of different materials and their potential to ensure maximum sustainability in a continuous material cycle in the future.

Industrial Waste Pellets 3D-Print Piece of Furniture Recirculation What has served its purpose becomes our raw material. Plastic is recycled into Pellets. Pellets are processed using 3D printing. recycled. modular. swiss. The new Furniture piece is created. Our Mission: Shred Materials and reuse them.

Everything in circulation

What we create starts with materials that have already been in circulation – and should return there.

Carbon fibers from the automotive or wind power industry, PET from used bottles, wood residues, or bio-based fibers are processed into pellets, which we then use in 3D printing to form new objects. The goal is to later recycle these objects and return them to the material cycle.

This cycle is still open, but we are working to close it piece by piece.

Carbon Fiber

Waste from the wind power and automotive industries is processed into stable carbon granulate – the basis for lightweight, durable furniture with a technical aesthetic.

Wood Fibers

Wood residues and natural fibers are processed into bio-based granulate – a sustainable material with a warm, natural character.

PET-Bottles

Used PET bottles are shredded, cleaned, and processed into acoustic felt—sound-absorbing, color-fast, and fully recyclable.

Fishing Net

Discarded fishing nets are collected, sorted, and turned into sturdy plastic granulate that can be reused for durable components.

Karbonfasern

Holzfasern

PET Flaschen

Fischernetze

Robotics with integrated 3D printing

We process pellets made from recycled materials using a robot-assisted 3D printing process – and use them to create furniture, lighting, and design objects. The pellets are heated and pressed through an extruder mounted on a robot arm weighing around 1 ton. This arm moves on up to 7 axes and applies the material precisely layer by layer. Unlike conventional processes, this also allows non-planar print paths, i.e. curves and organic shapes without support material.

Thanks to the direct processing of pellets, this process is not only faster and more sustainable than conventional filament printing, but also more powerful:
Up to 30 kg of material per hour can be processed in large-format printing – around 10 kg per hour in smaller setups.

The result: resilient, dimensionally stable furniture – without any mold construction, glue, or screws.

Our Materials

MaterialOriginRecyclable Content
Carbon Fiber Granulate
Wind Turbines, Car Manufacturing

≥30 %

Biofibre® Silva
Wood Waste & PLA

~100 % bio-basiert

Acoustic Felt (PET)
PET-Bottles

≥ 60 %